A capacity crown packed into the AO arena in Manchester to enjoy the prelude to the long awaited meeting between Kell Brook and Amir Khan which featured the professional debut of highly decorated Olympic medalist Frazer Clarke and a third world title attempt by Liverpools Natasha Jonas along with winning appearances by star amateurs Hassan and Adam Azim. Clarke disposed of late replacement Jake Darnell of Blackpool in a round to enter the paid ranks at the elevated age of 30. Clarke looked patient and briefly impressive but understands that he needs to be moved fast. Natasha Jonas realised a lifelong dream at the third time of asking by stopping tough Chris Namus in 2 rounds to pick up the vacant WBO super welterweight title. Jonas, stepping up 2 weight divisions displayed impressive power by dropping the durable Namus at the end of the opener with a 2 punch combination, Namus fell heavily and struggled to recover during the minute long interval. Jonas identified this and knocked the import down again early into the session to force the referee to stop the bout on the orders of the Namus corner. English super middleweight champion Charlie Schofield lost a unanimous 10 rounds points decision at the hands of the undefeated Germaine Brown. Brown dominated the action throughout and prevented the rangy champion from gaining a foothold in the bout. Social media renowned Viddal Riley made his Uk debut with a 4 round points win over the colourful Willbeforce Shihepo at Cruiserweight. Riley dropped the African import early but was unable to force the stoppage. In a battle of unbeaten middleweights, Bradley Rea knocked out Craig McCarthy in the opener of a scheduled 8.
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